to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
surely (not); certainly (not)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
end; close; conclusion; termination
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
throughout; all through; right through
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
fan-tan (game); sevens; parliament
old maid (game); living without one's mother-in-law
card game variant of old maid
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration; memory; matching pairs
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures; picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
inorganic matter; inorganic substance; inorganic compound
self-assessment; self-declaration; self-certification; personal statement